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MAMAMOO singer Hwasa has announced her 2025 ‘Twits’ tour of North America, featuring concerts in Seattle, Los Angeles, Toronto, Dallas and more. The singer’s label, P Nation, announced the tour on December 3 via X (formerly Twitter) along with its first batch of dates. The ‘Twits’ North American tour so far features 11 stops across

My Chemical Romance have issued a statement on the death of former drummer Bob Bryar. The 44-year-old musician was found dead in his home in Tennessee on Nov. 27, and a cause of death is currently being investigated. He was last seen alive on Nov. 4, but authorities did not suspect any foul play. On

Ticket prices for Ed Sheeran‘s historic Bhutan gig next year have been revealed to start at $10. Read More: Ed Sheeran – ‘Autumn Variations’ review: a pumpkin-spiced snoozer Last month, the ‘Shape Of You’ hitmaker announced extra dates for his ‘Mathematics’ tour for 2025, which included shows in India, Qatar and Bahrain. Next January’s gig at

There’s a whole lot of celebrating going on during the month of December and plenty of birthday candles to blow out for some of your favorite rock stars. Not only do we get Christmas and Hanukkah, but for some musicians they’re also doubling up by having a birthday during the 12th month of the year. Do

Sting has announced details of two intimate shows set to take place in London next year. Find the ticket details below. Announced today (December 2), the gigs come as part of his extensive ‘3.0’ world tour. Already the Police frontman has announced a handful of outdoor events across the country next summer – taking place

Who are the “Big 4” of ’90s guitarists? Perhaps more than any other decade, our picks are more widely varied in their style and what they brought to their instrument. But then again, the ’90s were a bit of a weird decade. Where the ’70s and ’80s seemed to truly celebrate the guitarist, the ’90s

The 20th anniversary vinyl reissue of Ciara’s ‘Goodies’ has left some fans confused after a Windows popup sound appeared on the record. The re-release of the R&B star’s 2004 debut album was released on September 27, complete with the album’s original bonus tracks and a new remix of the title track. Some fans have noticed

Here are the 80 best rock and metal albums of the 1980s and the 90 best of the 1990s! The sounds and styles that were pioneered and popularized across these two decades is mind-boggling. The guitar ruled all, whether it was classic heavy metal, thrash, black and death metal, alternative, funk-rock, grunge, hair metal… the

Dua Lipa played a fan-made hit during her Zomato Feeding India gig last night. READ MORE: Dua Lipa live at Glastonbury: a powerhouse performance to shut down the critics The ‘Radical Optimism’ pop star performed at Mumbai’s MMRDA Grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex last night (November 30) as part of her current Asia tour, and surprised the

Opening for any band that’s been around for nearly 50 years isn’t easy, but it’s nearly a can’t win situation when you’re in front of a crowd of rabid Iron Maiden fans. Whether it was a band that opened for Maiden in the 80s or even one that joined a recent tour in the 2000s,

JADE has recalled feeling “scared” to open up about her Arab heritage when she was in Little Mix. The singer, who launched her solo career in 2024, has Egyptian and Yemeni ancestry from her mother’s side, and spoke earlier in the year about how she was now learning Arabic to “tap into my roots a

The Sick New World Festival will not be taking place next year after all. Organizers issued a statement revealing the cancelation of the event for 2025, citing “unforeseen circumstances” in their ability to put the show on in Las Vegas next spring. The full statement can be viewed below: It is with great disappointment that we

Sick New World festival has cancelled its planned 2025 edition only weeks after announcing the line-up. READ MORE: Metallica live in Amsterdam: still the greatest heavy metal band around The festival, which focuses on rock, nu-metal and industrial, shared the line-up for its third year in October. Previously set to take place at Las Vegas Festival

It may be hard to imagine in the modern, genre-less landscape, but there was once a time when rock and hip hop were on opposite sides of the musical map. For decades, rock had reigned supreme as the dominant form of popular music, introducing the world to an endless array of icons, like the Beatles,

Kylie Minogue braved the rain at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this week to play some of her biggest hits. The pop icon played ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’, ‘Slow’ and ‘Padam Padam’ at the annual event, her first appearance there since 2010. Persevering through adverse, drenched conditions, she took to TikTok after

Do you share a birthday with a rock star? Have you checked? There’s something fun about being birthday twins with a rock star, especially if it’s one you love. It’s like you have an instant soundtrack ready to celebrate your mutual big day. So why not use that lighter to light some birthday candles instead

The first wave of artists confirmed for the newly-launched Forever Now Festival have been confirmed, with Kraftwerk, Johnny Marr, The The, Death Cult and more leading the way. Find out more below. The new festival will run across just one day and comes as a sister event of the US Cruel World festival. Taking place at